EP 0022378 A1 1981-01-14 - Luggage case handle assembly.

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US 5620779 A 19790710

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A handle assembly (14) for a luggage case (10) includes an elongated compliant grip (15) having a longitudinally extending opening (24) passing completely therethrough and a pair of parallel grooves (22, 23) on an upper surface, one adjacent each side. First and second hard rigid end members (16, 17) are respectively received in the end openings (24) of the compliant grip (15) and extend angularly away from the same side of the grip. A metal half-shell frame (18) which is generally U-shaped in cross-section, has its side edges (33, 34) received in the grooves (22, 23) on the grip (15) and in similarly dimensioned grooves (27, 28) in the first and second rigid end members (16, 17). The frame (18) otherwise fits about and covers both the grip (15) and end members (16, 17) to secure them together as a unit. Each end of the metal frame (18) has a keyed opening (38) within which is rotatably received a stub shaft (21) extending from a mounting stanchion (19, 20). The stanchions (19, 20) are affixed to the top surface of the luggage case cover (12).